{"sf1_id":2178418,"sf2_id":"lmXqk3zn","title":"Pale Blue Dot - volume 6 - Curtain Up 6.6 - FIN","author":"Red_moon","words":193,"posted_at":"2024-09-14T02:46:31.000Z","tags":["Dragon","Prequel","Science Fiction","Short Story"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2178418-pale-blue-dot-volume-6-curtain-up-6-6-fin","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/lmXqk3zn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/c0/65/c065e96c-1f65-40cf-b13d-0032ce985140","description":"What an interesting journey it has been!  \n  \nThere will be an appendix and a discussion with the readers to follow, along with an additional bonus chapter—some scenes from The Pale Blue Dot 5.8.  \n  \nSpoiler warning: Contains adult content!","content":"Narration\n\nSome call this place “Tel'aran'rhiod,\" or simply—“Dream.\"\n\nI can sense the presence of the other six, each employing different methods to continue their lurking behind the curtain, pulling the strings.\n\nYet they remain arrogantly convinced that things are unfolding according to their imagined scripts.\n\nBut that hasn't mattered for centuries—the dice have long been cast, and high-level chaos manifests in the pure randomness of superstring waves, its unpredictability being its very essence.\n\nMy remaining mission is to be a witness to the story, observing and recording it all.\n\nThough unnecessary, I still tilt my head back and sing the Song of the Dragon aloud, following the habits of the physical world.\n\n“Seven sins combined, the prologue rises;\n\nFive gather, the lights up.\n\nUnder the witness of the stars, the traveler shall embark on a quest.\n\nFabricated truths, misguided missions, imitative oaths, blind insights, and the dim blue dot.\n\nWho will fall, who will rise?\n\nIs it to be trapped in the past, or to forge the future?\n\nWill regret consume all until nothing remains, or will hope guide everything towards transcendence?\n\nThe only ultimate answer to all great questions is—\n\n'Me.'\"\n\n--FIN","series":{"name":"Pale Blue Dot","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2178416-pale-blue-dot-volume-6-curtain-up-6-5.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2178806-pale-blue-dot-appendix.json"}}